Covering for the board of ironing tables



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ATT/VEYS Patented pr. 15, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT oFEicE CGVERING FR THE BOARD OF IRONING TABLES Samuel A. Di Gesare, Buffalo, N. Y.

application October 13, 1944, Serial N0. 558,553

This invention relates to a cover for an ironing board and more particularly to a board forming part of an ironing table. The object of this invention is to provide improved means for detachably securing a cover to the board so that the same will provide a smooth and even ironing suru lface and permit the cover to be readily applied to and removed from the ironing board.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section showing a cover made in accordance with this invention applied to an ironing board which forms part of a table having means for supporting the same on a iloor.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the pad or cushion forming part of this cover applied to the ironing board and viewed from the underside thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the blanket and pad of the covering applied to an ironing board and viewed from the underside thereof.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 3 but showing part of one of the rear flaps of the blanket detached from the adjacent part of the rear pocket of the blanket.

In the following description similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several iigures of the drawings:

As shown in Figi, the ironing table in connection with which this invention is to be used, comprises a board Iii which is adapted to be supported in Aa horizontal operative position by means of a support attached to the underside lof this board and resting at its lower end on the floor. In the drawings only one leg I I of this support is shown, this being pivotally connected at its upper end with the rear part of the ironing board and a brace I2 which is connected kwith the underside ofthe front part of this board.

The ironing board is flat and comprises acomparatively wide rear part or bodyy lrhaving parallel longitudinal edges I4, a blunt rear trans- .verse end I5 and a front part I6 having theform of a forwardly tapering neck the longitudinal edges I1 of which converge forwardly and the extreme front end of which is of rounded form, as indicated at I8 in Fig. 2. 1

In general the ironing board covering comprises a lower pad or cushion I9 and an upper blanket or'facing 20. The pad or cushion I9 is preferably constructed of felt or the like and has substantially the same shape as the ironing board and adapted to cover the wide rear and narrowed front parts of the same.

-Inl order to hold this pad 'or cushion against displacement on the ironingv board, the rear-end of the same is provided on its underside with a rear pocket EI which is adapted to receive the rear or blunt end portion of the ironing board and the front end of this pad is provided on its underside with a 'front tapering pocket 22 which is adapted to receive the tapering front end of the ironing board. These two pockets are preferably made of duck, canvas or drill material.

On the central part of the inner edge of the rear pocket the same is provided with a notch 23 which receives the upper end portion of the tableleg II and therebyy avoids interference hetween the latter and the covering when the same is applied to the ironing board.

rEhe blanket of the ironing board cover also has the general form of the ironing board and comprises a relatively wide rear part 23 which extends over the Wide rear part I3 of the .pad or cushion and has parallel longitudinal edges 2d and a forwardly tapering front part 25 the longitudinal edges 26 of which converge forwardly so that the same is generally of V-shape. At its rear end, the wide rear part of the blanket is provided on its underside with a forwardly opening rear pocket 2'! which is adapted to receive the rear end of the ironing board and the rear end of the pad or cushion, and at its iront end the V-shaped part of the blanket is provided on its underside with a front pocket 38 which receives the front end of the neck of the ironing board and the corresponding front part of the pad. e

On each of its opposite longitudinal edges the blanket is provided with a longitudinal iiap in-v cluding a rear part 29 which is turned downwardly around the longitudinal edges of the wide rear part of the ironing board and the adjacent part of the pad and also is turned inwardly and upwardly against the underside of the ironing board, as shown in'Fig. 3. These rear parts 2S, 29 of the two longitudinal flaps of theblanket are folded against'the undersides of the adjacent side parts of the rear pocket 2l and are detachably connected therewith by means of press buttons or snap-ons each of which preferably consists of a female'mernber or socket Si? which is arranged on the inner side of the rear end portion of the respective rear ap and engaged with a male member orhead 3| secured to the outer side of the adjacent part of the rear end pocket of the blanket, ras shown in Fig. 3.

Each of the ,ziongitudinal naps also includes a front portion 32 along the forwardly converging longitudinal edges of the vtapering front part of the blanket, the front portions 32, 32 of these lflongitudinal flaps being turned downwardly around the corresponding converging edges of the ironing board and the pad and against the underside of this pad.

For the purpose of causing the longitudinal flaps of the blanket to fit closely to the ironing board and the pad, and remain rmly in engagement therewith, each longitudinal flap is provided between its front and rear portions 29 and 32 with a dart 33 which draws the respective edges of these front and rear portions 29 and 32 of each flap together so that they form an obtuse angle with each other.

Means are provided for stretching the two longitudinal flaps 29, 32 longitudinally, and also drawing the forward ends of these flaps inwardly relative to the edge portions of the ironing board.

The preferred means for accomplishing this purpose comprises two oblique tabs 34, 34 each of which is arranged at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the ironing board, pad and blanket and also at an angle relative to the respective front nap 32 and each oi these tabs being preferably secured at its rear end to the inner front corner of the respective front flap.`

In the assembled position of the parts, the two tabs 32 overly one another in a manner resembling a cross and each of these tabs is detachably connected at its free front end beyond the front side of the other tab with the front pocket 38. The means for thus detachably connecting each of these tabs with the front pocket 33 consists of a press button or snap-on fastener having a male member or head 35 secured to the pocket 38 and a female member or socket 36 secured to the free end of the respective tab and engaging over the companion male member, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

With the rear end portions 29 of the side flaps secured by the snap fasteners 30, 3l to the rear pocket 21, when each tab 34 is drawn forwardly to engage its snap fastener head 33 with the counterpart snap fastener head 35 on the pocket 33, a longitudinal pull is exerted onthe side flap 23, 32 the full length thereof. Since the edge of this longitudinal side flap 29, 32 is formed to provide an obtuse angle by the provision of the dart 33, this longitudinal pull tends to straighten this obtuse angle and hence draw the longitudinal side flap 29, 32 inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the board along the entire length of the flap. With both side flaps so secured, it will be seen that the edges of the blanket are drawn transversely inward to nt snugly the edges of the ironing board.

Further, when the tabs are attached by their press buttons with the pocket 38, a diagonal forward and inward pull is produced on the longitudinal flaps 29, 32 on each longitudinal edge of the ironing board toward the opposite longitudinal edge of the same, thereby further insuring that the longitudinal side naps of the blanket are drawn tightly against the respective longitudinal edges of the ironing board. The combined longitudinal and transverse forces exerted by the tabs 34 thereby insures that the blanket is stretched in all directions and all wrinkles therein are removed, thereby maintaining the same in a smooth and even condition and best suited for producing good ironing work on the same.

The body of the blanket and its pockets, flaps and tabs are made of strong, flexible material such as duck, canvas or drill material.

The rear pocket of the blanket is provided on the central part of its inner edge with a notch 3l which registers with the corresponding notch 23 in the rear pocket of the pad and receives the upper portion of the table leg Il and avoids interference between this leg and the blanket.

While the invention has been described as applied to a household ironing board it is obvious that it can also be used in conjunction with commercial pressing machines of any type to cover lboth the upper and lower buck of the pressing machine, the word ironing board as used in the following claims, including either buck of a pressing machine.

This ironing board. covering is not only very strong and durable, but the same can also be constructed of a minimum amount of material. It also can be easily applied to an ironing board and is held on the board reliably and rmly so as to maintain the blanket of the covering always in a smooth and unwrinkled condition.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cover for a flat ironing board having a body which is relatively wide and having a neck which tapers lengthwise toward the front end of the body, comprising a blanket having a body adapted to extend over the body and neck of the ironing board, a rear pocket arranged on the rear end of the blanket body and adapted to receive the rear end of the board, a front pocket arranged on the .front end of said blanket body and adapted to receive the front end of said neck, longitudinal side ilaps arranged on the longitudinal edges of the blanket body intermediate said pockets and adapted to fold around the longitudinal edges of the ironing board, fastening means for detachably connecting the rear ends of said longitudinal naps with said rear pocket, oblique tabs arranged on the front ends of said longitudinal naps and each extending diagonally forwardly and inwardly relative to the longitudinal aXis of the blanket, and fastening means for detachably connecting each of the tabs with the front pocket of the blanket body.

2. A cover for a flat ironing board having a body which is relatively wide and having a neck which tapers lengthwise toward the front end of the body, comprising a blanket having a body adapted to extend over the body and neck of the ironing board, a rear pocket arranged on the rear end of the blanket body and adapted to receive the rear end of the board, a front pocket arranged on the front end of said blanket bodyand adapted to receive the front end of said neck, longitudinal side flaps arranged on the longitudinal edges of the blanket body intermediate said pockets and adapted to fold around the longitudinal edges of the ironing board, fastening means for detachably connecting the rear ends of said longitudinal flaps with said rear pocket, oblique tabs arranged on the front ends of said longitudinal flaps and each extending diagonally forwardly and inwardlyrelative to the longitudinal axis of the blanket and each overlying the other tab so as to form a cross therewith, and fastening means for detachably connecting the front end of each of said tabs with said front pocket at a point beyond the other tab.

3. A cover for a iiat ironing board having a body which is relatively wide and having a neck which tapers lengthwise toward the front end o f the body, comprising a blanket having a body adapted to extend over the body and neck of the ironing board, a rear pocket arranged on the rear end of the blanket body and adapted lto receive the rear end of the board, a front pocket arranged on the front end of saidfblanket body and adapted to receive the front end of said neck, longitudinal side flaps arranged on the longitudinal edges of the ironing board, fastening means for detachably connecting the rear ends of said longitudinal naps with said rear pocket, oblique tabs arranged on the front ends of said longitudinal flaps and each extending diagonally forwardly and inwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the blanket, and fastening means for detachably connecting each of the tabs with the front pocket of the blanket body, each of said longitudinal side naps being provided intermediate its ends with a dart whereby the edge of each longitudinal side flap is in the form of an obtuse angle, the forwardly stretching force of the corresponding tab tending to straighten said obtuse angle and to draw said longitudinal aps toward said longitudinal axis.

4. A cover for a flat ironing board having a body which is relatively wide and having a neck which tapers lengthwise toward the front end of the body, comprising a blanket having a body adapted to extend over the body and neck of the ironing board, a rear pocket arranged on the rear end of the blanket body and adapted to receive the rear end of the board, a front pocket arranged on the front end of said blanket body and adapted to receive the front end of said neck, longitudinal side flaps arranged on the longitudinal edges of the blanket body intermediate said pockets and adapted toiold around the longitudinal edges of the ironing board, fastening means for detachably connecting the rear ends of said longitudinal flaps with said rear pocket, and fastening means for detachably connecting the front end of each longitudinal side ap with the front pocket of the blanket body and exerting a forwardly stretching force on each longitudinal side flap, each of said longitudinal side flaps being provided intermediate its ends with a dart whereby the edge of each longitudinal side flap is in the form of an obtuse angle, the said forwardly stretching force of said fastening means tending to straighten said obtuse angles and to draw said longitudinal naps toward the longitudinal axis of said blanket.

SAMUEL A. DI GESARE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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